A NUISANCE corn snake made this gardener scream and run like a school girl when it emerged from the Australian fern I was pruning. The tree trimmers working a couple houses away got such a chuckle out of the commotion this creature caused that they stopped by to comment when their job was finished.
Do You See What I See…
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Patty Charles 
Isn’t he just totally BEAUTIFUL! What are you going to do to ensure that he stays around on a permanent basis, they are fairly choosy about who they are wilng to live with! Oh and some snakes can’t talk and they will just bite you “To Say HELLO:!
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I must admit it is a beautiful creature. I threw a mothball in the fern in hopes the smell will discourage it from hanging around. That may not have been the best choice though because who knows where it may pop out from!
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oh – he is pretty in pictures all right – but I would not be so happy to find for real! Yikes.
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Trust me, I was not happy, lol.
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Great shot! I don’t know that I would have been able to go back to take it! You are braver than than me!
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I may have been brave enough to go back for a pic but I haven’t been back to finish pruning the fern, lol.
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this is a gorgeous nuisance tho HUGE, does he just slither away only to come back another day…he is looking right at you!!!!!
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It wasn’t as big as I made it appear in the photo, it just looked this big in my brain.
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What magnificent colours… looks great … with it around you shouldn’t have rat problems…
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The coloring was the only reason I went back with the camera, Guess it isn’t a bad creature to have around, just wish it would be more subtle in making its presence known.
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Yikes!
Wonderful capture . . . the grass face behind the snake looks like the snake’s victim.
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LOL I hadn’t noticed the face until you mentioned it.
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I think I would run, too! He is, however, quite handsome.
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Good to hear I’m not the only scared one!
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Hi Patty,
I would have run too! What a sneaky little guy. Have a great day!
Sherrie
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lol
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Don’t blame you. I would have jumped. At least you were able to get a photo.
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Some moments in life just need to be snapped up. Of course my heart rate had to equalize before I got the shot, lol.
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But you had the guts to go back to snap this “portrait.” Good job! Love the browns and the way it blends into the background.
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My aunt said I was crazy for going back to get a pic, I like your thinking that it was guts, lol.
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Great image…but not sure I’d want him hanging around
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Thanks Steve. I guess they have a place in the big scheme, I just wish I didn’t have to encounter any of them.
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I know that I would have jumped also … like your processing.
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Thanks!
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Can’t say that I blame you, not terrified of snakes in general but when in Oz I do find them a tad bothersome. Never know when it is one of the deadly ones or just a fairly harmless snake. At least the only venemous snake we have in Sweden isn’t dangerous to people (unless you are weak or allergic I guess).
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One of the first things I did was to look at the snout. Supposedly pointed noses are venemous and round are harmless. To me they all look pointed, lol.
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Wonderful! Congratulations to the great image!
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Thanks Tony!
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Fantastic capture but ewwwwwwwww…the hairs on my arms are standing straight up!
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Your reaction is the same as mine was.
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It’s amazing!!
What a beauty, love the detail; it kind of looks like HDR!
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Thanks Pablo. I did a slight ‘detail’ tweak using topaz labs filter.
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Very pretty if you can stand to look at it!….it’s the surprise factor that I don’t like and I find myself screeching at the tiniest garter snake. (they’ve been rather numerous lately). I’m usually OK with one but if I see multiples, then I lose it!
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I’m running and screeching right behind you. Two days later another variety slithered through the back yard. Guess it’s time to put shoes on.
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I was about to say how striking this snake is but a bad word choice I think. So crisp a shot.
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Funny how humor happens without thought, lol. Good thing for auto focus.
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I would of ran too and probably not taken a single photo either!
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Si yo la veo en mi jardín, del susto me muero, tuviste valor de hacerle la foto, besos
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Not too much left to say about this guy that hasn’t been said already………..good thinking on your part to reach for the camera though!
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